Typographical machine.



P. T, DODGE TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

APPLIGATIOH FILED MAR. 29, 1912.

1,1 1 1,69 Patented Sept, 22, 1914:,

Patent of the United States, No.

To all 'w/wm it ma comern Be it known that i, PHILIP T. DODGE, a citizen of the United States, end a resident of Washington, in the Distriet oi Columhim have invented it new and us 'f o. ul Improvement in llypographlcel hflzichltocs, of which the following is u specification.

My lZH Q'Qiiflll relate to typog L liCfll our chines such as linotype machines or" the general organization represented in l tters O. Merge/minder wherein eircuiz-itmg rustrioes are released from a magazine in the order in which their characters are to appear in print, and then assembled in line, the composed. line trans to the face of aslotted mold, the mold filled with molten zeta] to form a slug or liuolfvpe against the matrices which. produce thetype characters thereon and the matrices th ereui'tor elevated and returned through a distributing mechanism to the magazine from which they started At the present day it is a common practice inthe art, more pzutsulurly for advertising purpose 1 to employ in connection with perellel lines of print, large figures or chemo ters which extend over and occupy space on trm or more such linei an d commonly known as two-line, plural-line, etc. characters. hen such. printing is cited by the use of slugs or linotypcs hearing lines characters thereon, it is sometimes the custom to fornrono portion of the large or eX- tended character on one slug, and other portrons on other slugs. This 1s effected by the use of a plurality of couiplementzu'y matrices which are employed respectively in the production of the sreral slugs, one slug being cast from a composed line of matrices, and the second or complementary slug being thereafter custirom at second line of niotrices wmplementary to the first. Hereto- "fore such matrices have not been carried in the mog'mciue or represented on the keyboard, but ha e been ordinarily set into the line by i12t111, 3$ sor s or the like.

The .aim of my invention is to provide for the handling of the complementary metrices, representing the several parts of a single extended figure or charscter i on ordinary linotype machine, Without increasing the size of its magunize or the number of its keys, and Without requiring special attention or loss of time on the port of the oper Specification oi .Nt

implication filed March 29, 193.2.

" whereupon the matrix iio ator. To this I the muv'sild. complementary mo trices, which form siugle extended character, to run. inone and the some magazine channel, (and therefore provide them. With-the some distributing combination so that example, the operator desires to produce the twodiuefi-gure 3, he touches the 345e, in the keyboard, 'oduciug the Wlllbf) set into uentl procj uced upper half ofthe character 1 tl'whue and 1. slug 'llu Ll'Qlll. heuri. in the 'luzructer. In id when composh r the umtr ces for the next slugu. "he open in touches the (-hey. whereupon the second. matrix f reducing the louierhalf' of the figure, is deered, and the lowerportion of the chztirsc'er consequently iormed on the second ug. it will. he uh. stood that the seer is into i i the some relative so that the two per successive slug .v l

i outhe hen hrought togetheiz Of course, j tuber of pairs of matrices .i'or pro:

or c sweeter may he pieced in he magazine channel. lit will he pereeived that I 2111 thus able to l extended figures Without spe or action on the port of Without increasiru the number or the magezine channels or in any other A. fi'ilXlQl changing; the machine.

In the accompanying drawing; I have shown my .il'lVfiillOlG in. prefer -d form by end in the commercial linotype machine; F i: is e diagram of machine f lestrutmg 1c manner in which the motrces may he used; and. F 1g. 5 illustrates the airrsngenleot of the Iuemees n e channel,

way of example, and applied tooliuot -qpe' mentor}; two-line matrices, mjhipted for use upper and lower parts of the twoline figures, 2 and 3. To produce the separate p01 tions of such characters I employ two sets of matrices C and D slmilar in their general construction to those commonly used and known in the art. Each of the matrices G- contains the depression 0 representing the upper half ofthe figure 3, while each of the matrices D contains the depression d repre- 'senting" the lower or complementary half thereof. Although the matrices C and D are intended to produce different character portions, they are formed with distributing teethor combinations 6, which are exactly alike, so that both will be delivered by the distributer into .one and the same magazine channel M. The manner in which such matrices are handled will be understood by reference to Fig. 4, wherein'is illustrated the ma azine E containing the matrices, the keyboard F having finger keys to represent the various characters and connected with esca ements (not shown) to deliver the select. d matrices, and the inclined belt G which receives the discharged matrices, and

" by which they are transferred. successively to the assembler H. When the line is completely composed, it is transferred in the irection of the arrows, first upwardly, then laterally, ahd then downwardly, to the cast ing mechanism I, where the slugs are produced, and thereafter upwardly, then laterally, then u wardly, and again laterally, to the distributer J, which receives the matrices and delivers them one at a time into the upper,.ends* of the magazine channels from which they were originally discharged. These parts and operations are or may be like those disclosed in the before-mentioned Mergenthaler patent.

It willbe observed, in view of the fact that the matrices for the first line are distributed in advance of the matrices for the second line, that the complementary matrices C and D are returned to the channel M in the same order in which they were delivered therefrom, so that the operator desiring to use the matrices again in successive lines of composition has merely to touch the same finger key in the keyboard, once for each line.

By way of illustration and preferred example, .I have represented the matrices as arranged for producing two-line letters, or letters composed of two parts, but it will be understood that this principle may be employed in connection with figures, letters, or

other characters which are extended across three, four, or more slugs, by-using the corresponding number of matrices, each bearing the appropriate matrix portion or section. Similarly it will be apparent that my inmachines other than of the line-casting varicty, such for instance as machines employing or producing plural-line type similarly extending over any desired number of successive lines. In this connection, the principa] requirement is that the type or ma 7 trices, which cotiperate in producing a composite or sectional character in successive lines, shall be arranged for delivery in the proper order by a single key. As previously pointed out, many modifications and variations will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art and still be comprised within the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, its construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

1. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of sets of type or ma trices, those of hue set containing the upper portion of an extended character, and those ofanother set containing the complementary lower portion of such character, and a single selectii'ig-means therefor, the successive operation of which delivers the type or matrices consecutively from the several sets.

2. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of sets of type or matrices, those of one set containing the upper portion of an extended character, and those of another set containing the complementary lower portion of such character, and a single storing means therefor, whereby the type or matrices of the several sets are stored together in proper consecutive order.

3. In a typographical machine, the combination ofa plurality of sets of type or matrices, those of one set containing the upper portion of an extended character, and those of another set containing the complementary lower portion of such character, the said.

4:. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of sets of matrices, those of one set containing the upper portion of an extended character, and thoseof another set containing the complementary lower portion of such character, a single storing means wherein the type or matrices of the several sets are arranged consecutively, and distributing-devices to deliver the type or matrices of the several sets to the storing means in proper consecutive order.

o. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of sets of matrices, those of one set containing the upper portion of an extended character, and those of another set containing the complementary lower portion of such character, a. single 13.0 

